Project Overview This project has upgraded the tow path around along the Keadby and Stainforth Canal in Thorne, creating a circular walk for residents and visitors to experience a wider range for flora and fauna and enhancing the opportunities for healthy lifestyles. Towpath ugprades have also allowed for easier access to Thorne Community Woods. These…
Reconstructing the Wildscape The project is based around an investigation into the wild ‘hidden landscapes’ of Thorne and Hatfield Moors their surrounding areas and their associated floodplains and meres. These ‘hidden landscapes’ are the prehistoric, historic and post-medieval landscapes of the Humberhead Levels which are preserved and concealed by the peat and alluvial deposits that cover…
Peatlands Restoration Restoration work has begun on the site to improve conditions on the internally important lowland raised mires at the Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve. This has included the spraying and removal of invasive species such as the Rhododendron. The work will promote more favourable conditions for the future by reducing evapotranspiration. Other ProjectsUseful…
Presenting the Past A range of volunteer activities will allow local communities to discover, learn, share and celebrate how their villages, settlements and historic landscape have been shaped by man. Topics include; early evidence of human activity, farming and settlement practices, use of natural resources and development of the industrial landscape. Other ProjectsProject lead organisation…
Project Overview This project aimed to engage a diversity of local community volunteers to uncover key locations and rediscover lost histories of the airfields and other military locations and associated support sites (defences and other infrastructure) in and around the Isle of Axholme. This was to cover the period from WW1 – present day. The…
Castles & Manors Part 1: Vinegarth – involved investigation and survey of the medieval manor building on previous excavations so that new community digs and engagement could be developed while answering key questions about the extent of the site. Interpretation was to be developed from the work and involvement of volunteers so that the outline…
Project Overview Investigation and interpretation of the significant industry for flax and retting in and around Crowle. This project aimed to chart the industry’s development and impact, together with identifying characters involved and bringing them to life. This theme continued through examination of retting pits and their testing, along with the pilot of growing and…
Project Overview This project has fenced the Isle of Axholme and North Nottinghamshire Water Level Management Board’s land on which Keadby Warping Drain is situated; this has allowed grazing and the creation of grassland habitat so that the historic Keadby Warping Drain is situated in an area of complementary habitats with access and engagement in…
Project Overview This project aimed to build a replica of the Neolithic track found on Hatfield Moors. Using experimental archaeology, the public and volunteers would learn how people lived and managed to travel across ancient landscapes. The trackway model would then be used to help interpret and focus visitors’ attention to the stories of the…
Crowle Peatland Railway is a fledgling railway museum based on the peat moors at Crowle in North Lincolnshire, England.
